January 22, 2007 Minutes

From Austin Toastmasters (Balcones, Club #3407)

  • Balcones Toastmasters January 22, 2007
  • Chapter 3407 District 55
  • Minutes of Meeting


  • The meeting was opened just a wee bit late by new President Jake North as we were all excited to see each other after our "snow day" last week.
  • Prayer and Pledge was led by JD Stewart.


  • We had two visitors. Priscilla returned from our last meeting. David Peace, a friend of Jim Comer, joined us for the first time.


  • Jennifer Wagner served as Toastmaster for her first time. The theme was the "Ice Storm '07".
  • Timer was Harry Savio.
  • Grammarian was Jake North. The word of the day was "expeditious".
  • One Minute Toastmaster was Frank Peters praising the value of good evaluations.


  • Table Topics Master was Karen Bundy. She did a great job, relating the effect of the past week's weather on her job and keeping the questions varied. Table Topic participants were:
    • Hollis Baker – the joys of dry wood
    • Sonny Sonntag – "white mud" = Austin's 1948 8" snow (winner)
    • Anne Child – eating and shopping pre-storm (most improved)
    • John McMillen – running out of Irish jokes


  • Speaker #1 Glenn Nielson - "Wiener head – a true story" - vivid and funny. (winner)
  • Speaker #2 Gordon Baker – his Georgetown Convention & Visitor's Bureau and Main Street Advisory Board presentation for today. Well presented argument, focusing on his target audience.
  • Speaker #3 Phil Hallmark - "I should have been born in summer" great story of battles with ice demons.


  • General Evaluator was Mary Buker.
  • Table Topics evaluator was Diane Graden – kind and thoughtful.
  • Evaluator #1 for Glenn was Hollis Baker – wants to know what happened with the girl.
  • Evaluator #2 for Gordon was Jim Comer - much appreciated professional coaching (winner).
  • Evaluator #3 for Phil was Scott Perry – complementary and challenging.


  • After the Timer and Grammarian reports, control of the meeting was turned back over to Jake North. The schedule was read for our next meeting on January 29.


  • The meeting was adjourned on time.
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